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\"SYangon:<\/strong> India’s SSP Chawrasia finished in tied fifth at 18-under 270, while South Africa’s Shaun Norris kept his composure and shrugged off the challenges of his closest rivals by carding a one-under-par 71 to win the Leopalace21 Myanmar Open on Sunday.<\/p>\n

The South African was a bundle of nerves in his front-nine but regained his advantage with a flawless inward-nine which helped clinch his second Asian Tour title by four shots at the Royal Mingalardon Golf and Country Club.<\/p>\n

Japan’s Azuma Yano had to settle for second place with Korea’s Junwon Park after he signed off with a 68 at Myanmar’s richest sport event.<\/p>\n

Korea’s Jeunghun Wang closed with a 69 to finish in fourth place while India’s SSP Chawarasia and American Casey O’Toole shared fifth place on matching 270 totals.<\/p>\n

Despite holding a seven-shot advantage overnight, victory was not straight forward for Norris as he went out in 38 with two birdies and four bogeys.<\/p>\n

“The conditions were not easy from the start. When I stepped out of the hotel this morning, it was gusty.<\/p>\n

“I knew scoring was not going to be easy. I tried to give myself chances early but I hit several bad shots in the wrong places. The wind really got me in the front-nine and confused me,” said Norris.<\/p>\n

Norris saw his lead cut to three at the turn and it took a crucial birdie on the par-three 11 to finally turn his fortunes around.<\/p>\n

“I knew there was a couple of short holes in the back-nine and at the end of the day, they still have to catch me. I just told myself to get back into the swing of things and get my rhythm back,” said Norris.<\/p>\n

Norris then carded another pair of birdies on 14 and 15 to widen his lead and eventually seal victory.<\/p>\n

Yano, who enjoyed a career-first albatross during the third round, conceded Norris superlative efforts yesterday left him with a mountain to climb and was satisfied with his tied-second finish with Park.<\/p>\n

“Starting out, I knew that the seven shot gap was a gap too wide. So I was looking at second place, to be honest. It’s a very good result and it’s has given me an early season boost.<\/p>\n

“I played well all week and have no regrets as this is a good event with a strong field from the Asian Tour,’ said the Japanese.<\/p>\n

Wang meanwhile thought he could surmount a late challenge after starting out strongly with three birdies in his first five holes.<\/p>\n

The Korean could not pile any further pressure on Norris as his birdie blitz ended with his fourth and last one coming only on the 14th hole.<\/p>\n

“I thought I could give Shaun a run for his money especially at the turn. But I missed several birdie chances in my back-nine. I could only par the next four holes starting from 10.<\/p>\n

“But when the next birdie came on 14, it was already too late as Shaun’s lead was already too wide,” said Wang.<\/p>\n

Leading Scores after round 4 of the Leopalace21 Myanmar Open 2016 being played at the par 72, 7218 Yards Royal Mingalardon GcC course (am – denotes amateur):
264 – Shaun NORRIS (RSA) 66-66-61-71.
268 – Azuma YANO (JPN) 66-68-66-68, Junwon PARK (KOR) 73-64-63-68.
269 – Jeunghun WANG (KOR) 66-68-66-69.
270 – Casey O’TOOLE (USA) 71-69-63-67, S.S.P. CHAWRASIA (IND) 66-66-68-70.
272 – Soomin LEE (KOR) 71-66-68-67.
273 – Yuta IKEDA (JPN) 69-69-68-67, Yikeun CHANG (KOR) 69-65-71-68, Ryutaro NAGANO (JPN) 71-65-67-70, Thanyakon KHRONGPHA (THA) 68-68-67-70.
274 – Berry HENSON (USA) 70-68-68-68, Prayad MARKSAENG (THA) 67-70-67-70, Danny CHIA (MAS) 65-70-68-71.
275 – Yusaku MIYAZATO (JPN) 68-70-69-68, Sam BRAZEL (AUS) 66-67-71-71, Chapchai NIRAT (THA) 68-70-66-71, Rahil GANGJEE (IND) 71-66-66-72.
276 – Jbe KRUGER (RSA) 69-67-71-69, Dodge KEMMER (USA) 68-70-68-70, Younghan SONG (KOR) 67-68-69-72, Kalem RICHARDSON (AUS) 69-67-67-73.
277 – Carlos PIGEM (ESP) 69-69-68-71, Keith HORNE (RSA) 72-63-69-73, Aaron TOWNSEND (AUS) 71-68-72-66.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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